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Sedimentary logics and the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh [PDF]
, 2020 This paper adopts a geosocial approach to sociopolitical research by thinking with sediment as a forceful mode of terraqueous mobility driven by interactions between dynamic earth systems inflected by social processes. It demonstrates that sediment is an
Bremner, L.
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Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon: Is the Camp a Space of Exception?
Mashriq & Mahjar, 2021 This article engages the Agamben-Agier perspective on refugee camps, which has become dominant in the last few years but has received little critical analysis. Both Giorgio Agamben and Michel Agier at times define the refugee camp in relation to broader
Leonardo Schiocchet
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Housing Conditions in Palestinian Refugee Camps, Jordan [PDF]
, 2014 This paper evaluates the quality of housing in a Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan. More than two million registered refugees live in Jordan, most of whom living in thirteen refugee camps established in the late 1960s following the Arab-Israeli conflict
Meaton, Julia +2 more
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Refugee Self-Management and the Question of Governance
Refuge, 1997 The author considers the organization of refugee camps as "communities" or "institutions" and takes the position that refugee camps are too institutional in character to establish or maintain traditional community-based supports.
Jennifer Hyndman
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Camps of Containment: A Genealogy of the Refugee Camp [PDF]
Humanity: An International Journal of Human Rights, Humanitarianism, and Development, 2016 What is a refugee camp? Existing definitions have focused on logics of power and institutions of governance. This article argues instead that refugee camps are best understood in relation to their purpose of containment. It posits ‘camps of containment’ as a specific form of encampment consisting of three primary categories: prisoner-of-war camps ...
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Tents pre-treated with insecticide for malaria control in refugee camps: an entomological evaluation. [PDF]
, 2004 BACKGROUND: A refugee shelter that is treated with insecticide during manufacture would be useful for malaria control at the acute stage of an emergency, when logistic problems, poor co-ordination and insecurity limit the options for malaria control ...
Ahmad Mushtaq +17 more
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The colonial development of concentration camps (1868–1902) [PDF]
, 2011 The forced labour and extermination camps established in Europe during the Second World War gave the meaning to the term 'concentration camp' which it has for the general public today.
Iain R. Smith +3 more
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Leishmaniasis in refugee and local Pakistani populations. [PDF]
, 2004 The epidemiology of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis was investigated in northwest Pakistan. Results suggested similar patterns of endemicity in both Afghan refugee and Pakistani populations and highlighted risk factors and household clustering of ...
Said Agha +15 more
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Human rights for refugees: enhancing sustainable humanitarian supply chain to guarantee a health environment in refugee settlements [PDF]
Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 2022 Purpose – Despite global efforts for environmental protection, there is a gap in the literature about the contributions of a sustainable humanitarian supply chain (SHSC) to the promotion of human rights in refugee settlements. In this context, this study
Alexandre Augusto Karl +1 more
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‘Space of Refuge’: Negotiating Space with Refugees Inside the Palestinian Camp
Humanities, 2017 ‘Space of Refuge’ is a spatial installation directly addressing issues of inhabitation within Palestinian refugee camps in different host countries.
Samar Maqusi
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